451 Patientia is approximately the 15th-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 225 km. It was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 4 December 1899, and assigned a provisional designation 1899 EY.

451 Patientia
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date4 December 1899
Designations
(451) Patientia
Pronunciation/pætiˈɛnʃə/[1]
Named after
patience
1899 EY
Asteroid belt
AdjectivesPatientian
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.36 yr (42499 d)
Aphelion3.2929 AU (492.61 Gm) (Q)
Perihelion2.8304 AU (423.42 Gm) (q)
3.0616 AU (458.01 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity0.075545 (e)
5.36 yr (1956.7 d)
279.30° (M)
0° 11m 2.328s / day (n)
Inclination15.236° (i)
89.252° (Ω)
337.06° (ω)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions253.9±2.8 km[2]
234.4±10.2 km[3]
Mass(1.09 ± 0.53) × 1019 kg[3]
Mean density
1.60±0.80 g/cm3[3]
9.727 h (0.4053 d)[2]
0.0764±0.003[2]
6.65[2]

It regularly reaches 11th magnitude in brightness, as on 11 January 2013, and 12 December 2017, when in favorable oppositions will be at magnitudes 10.7 and 10.4 respectively, very bright for a later-discovered minor planet.[citation needed]

Multiple photometric studies of this asteroid were performed between 1969 and 2003. The combined data gave an irregular light curve with a synodic period of 9.730 ± 0.004 hours and a brightness variation of 0.05–0.10 in magnitude.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Compare "sapiential". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e Yeomans, Donald K., "451 Patientia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
  4. ^ Michałowski, T.; et al. (April 2005), "Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids. II. 173 Ino, 376 Geometria, and 451 Patientia", Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 443, no. 1, pp. 329–335, Bibcode:2005A&A...443..329M, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053656.
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